Well today was my first day of commuting for the year and what a day for it. The Garmin pretty much agreed with the bom as I rode past the weather station on the way in, 6:45 and it was already 31 degrees. The trip home via a different route typically finds hotter areas for most of the trip and today was no exception, the Garmin topping out at 49 in a couple of spots. It's the first time I remember the brake levers becoming uncomfortably hot to touch

Thought I'd break the ice today. Just done some summer maintenance on the bike: new gear cables and outers, pulled the V brakes off and gave them a really good clean and basically cleaned the whole bike and put some proofide on the saddle. Bought one of those Aldi bike repair stands. Very impressive for $22. Solid and holds the bike well, a great buy for a home mechanic.

Anyway just 20KM today and then I'll start catching the KMs when I return to work on the 21st. How do you get the colour into the Strava line in the sig?

I've done a few laps of it too this week. I've resigned myself to getting up at 5-5:30 in order to avoid the heat. Its the only way to get some serious k's before i start work next week. Dusk/night is too irritating, with all the insects, suicidal rabbits and suicidal pedestrians around